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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1970
Page
4
Despite a grand jury finding no indictment, Sleeper criticizes the process as a whitewash and vows to run for Clark County Sheriff pledging an independent inquiry into the Lamb case.
Ailing New York markets slipped as the Dow Jones industrial average lost 20.81 points to 641.36, the lowest since December 1962. Declines outpaced advances 1,372 to 130 as IBM and American Research led losses and analysts warned a quick turnaround remained uncertain. Top officials planned meetings with Wall Street within ten days to discuss the market plight.
Richard Garfield Dunn, charged with killing one man and wounding two others in a West Las Vegas tavern shootout on December 2, was ordered to take a polygraph test. He faces two counts of attempted murder in the bartender and patron shootings. Bernard Hayes died from 11 gunshots. Dunn was arrested in Victorville after the incident. The report also notes grand jury proceedings involving Ava Pittman and associates amid bribery allegations.
Participants condemn ongoing U S involvement in Southeast Asia calling for immediate disengagement. They list mounting casualties and economic woes as reasons to end U S war powers debate. Kennedy counters with a dismissive take on administrative warnings of a blood bath.
Plans filed with the city for a 21 story Union Plaza Hotel at Main and Fremont Streets in Las Vegas outline a $12 million luxury casino hotel facing Fremont Street. The complex includes an elevated pool, a four story 380 space parking garage and Greyhound bus depot, plus a 500 seat theater showroom. Bids set for June 16. Architects are Zich and Sharp.
A new 300000 dollar bridge on the San Bernardino to San Gabriel Freeways collapsed at 7 40 a m crushing a pickup and killing its driver. Rescue teams took over three hours to reach the vehicle as investigators consider flaws in the drying concrete supports.
At Palmdale California a C5A supergalaxy began smoking during a taxi and took fire on takeoff. Pilot Homer Blaylock said this was his first and last ride in a CSA. The crew included two civilians and three Air Force personnel. The aircraft sustained minimal damage after the nose landing gear collapsed.
Sheldon L. Palmer a 59 year old Phoenix man was found dead in his car at a rest stop 27 miles north of Las Vegas on Interstate 15. The Clark County Sheriff's Department says Palmer died of a bullet wound to the head and the case is treated as homicide after the autopsy. Palmer worked as a Las Vegas bartender in 1953.
A 12 year old and his mother hijack a Delta jet for a soft drink and later a American Airlines passenger demands Havana. Captains Winn and Sposato report the incidents with calm crews and a safe landing in Havana for refueling. The Delta jet returned to Kennedy after the flight to Cuba.
Italian industrialist Meneghini claims his wife and Onassis were in love as relations cooled. Onassis gave Maria Callas a tanker stake and Paris home but never wed her. He has been seen with Callas in Paris since marrying Mrs Kennedy, though he calls them old friends. A Paris society rumor hints at a broken confidence in their marriage.
Artemus Ham Sr a longtime Las Vegas attorney died Monday after a five year illness. Funeral services are set for 1 p m tomorrow at Palm Mortuary with Masonic Lodge 32 officiating. Entombment will follow in Palm Mausoleum. Survived by widow Alta two sons Artemus Jr and Robert a daughter Mrs Derald Dokter and six grandchildren. Senior U S District Judge Roger T Foley celebrated his 84th birthday yesterday.
Senate Democrat Mike Mansfield and House Democrat Carl Albert attacked President Nixon claiming his fiscal plan worsens the economy. They urged a national conference on inflation and unemployment and backed standby wage and price controls. Rep. Henry Reuss urged an immediate three month wage and price freeze.
The White House states U S forces will exit Cambodia by June 30 despite Cambodian insistence. The State Department keeps open the option of continued U S supply and support for South Vietnamese troops remaining after the cutoff. Officials weigh a possible bilateral defense pact to keep some forces and sustainment in Cambodia.
The Nixon administration asked Congress for an 18 billion rise to the permanent 365 billion and temporary 377 billion debt ceilings to cover an expected 1.8 billion deficit this year and 1.3 billion in 1971. Treasury secretary Kennedy and Budget director Mayo cited weaker tax receipts from a slowing economy and projected debt interest of 19.3 billion this year, 20 billion in 1971, as reasons for the request. They ruled out further tax hikes beyond a gasoline lead tax of 1.6 billion, while noting a 4.8 billion spending rise to 205.6 billion in 1971 but none for Vietnam or Cambodia operations.
Ed Sleeper brother of Clark County Sheriff candidate John Sleeper pleaded innocent to assault and battery charges in Municipal Court. The case set for August 4 at 10 a.m. relates to a May 5 incident that allegedly involved sleeper striking car salesman George C. Moore at 11th and Fremont Streets.
A Las Vegas informant testified in the Anthony Fox narcotics trial that Fox sold him 20 heroin capsules in a downtown hotel on January 3, 1969. He said he paid four $20 bills with recorded serial numbers and that narcotics officers recovered most of the heroin after a hotel room raid. The informant kept two capsules, gave one to a companion, and turned 17 over to police. The trial resumes this morning.
Harold Force, 63, of the Showboat Hotel, was in fair condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after a Sunday pedestrian auto crash near his hotel. Driver Herman Moser, 50, Artesia Calif, said Force darted into the inside lane on East Fremont and the car could not avoid hitting him.
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